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Respiratory Epidemiology

The Respiratory Epidemiology Group is an interdisciplinary group of investigators who study the epidemiology and health outcomes of pulmonary conditions.

Our Mission:

To apply state-of-the-art epidemiologic and biostatistical methods to study health outcomes, in particular disability, mortality, and impaired health-related quality of life, in a broad array of pulmonary conditions as well as in lung transplantation.

To identify risk factors, in particular environmental and occupational factors, for adverse and beneficial health outcomes.

To help refine candidate selection for lung transplantation.

To translate science into policy aimed at reducing the burden of respiratory disease and improving quality of life.

Our vision:

To reduce the burden of chronic respiratory disease.

To decrease suffering, lost years of good quality of life, and death from pulmonary disease.

To improve survival, functioning, and quality of life after lung transplantation.

Our areas of research include:

Development of worsened impairment, disability, and deficits in quality of life in various respiratory conditions and prior to and following lung transplantation.

The impact of pre-operative body composition (e.g., sarcopenia, adiposity, frailty) on disability, quality of life, and survival following lung transplantation.

Health outcomes in over a range of respiratory disease severity, including asthma and COPD.

Impact of environmental exposures, including secondhand smoke exposure and air pollution, on patients with respiratory conditions

The role of antifungal agents in skin cancer in lung transplantation

Health care costs of lung disease, including the indirect costs of work loss.